Brandon Capital is Australia’s leading life sciences VC, manages over $1 billion and has an active portfolio of more than 30 companies in therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, and digital health sectors.
Connect with Brandon Capital’s investment team to gain invaluable perspectives on what life sciences VCs look for in investment opportunities, receive feedback on commercialisation strategy, development plans, and commercialisation grant opportunities such as CUREator plus.
Additionally, if you are a researcher or clinician at the Westmead Health Precinct and would like to discuss your project in detail, please contact us to organise a 1:1 meeting with a brief description of your project, your affiliation(s), and contact details of the commercialisation manager/tech transfer manager at your organisation.
Prashanth Rajan, Analyst
Brandon Capital
Prashanth will offer you invaluable perspectives on the investment process and how to tailor your approach to meet investor expectations. He will help you learn about what life sciences VCs look for in opportunities, receive feedback on commercialisation strategy, development plans, and commercialisation grant opportunities such as CUREator plus
Brandon BioCatalyst, Australia’s leading life sciences VC, manages over $800 million and actively supports more than 30 companies in therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, and digital health sectors.
Availability:
In-Person at the Cicada HealthTech Hub -
Every Thursday morning | 30 minute sessions
Sean has worked in R&D tax for over 10 years, with a technical background in Biotechnology from QUT. The Prime Financial Group specialises in assisting life science companies with an integrated service offering, with a track record of working with hundreds of life science companies undertaking a broad range of clinical research activities in Australia and globally. Prime can help you with:
Brendan is a Chartered Accountant and Registered Tax Agent. With over the past 20 years at Prime, he has worked closely with hundreds of life science companies and has also built strong relationships with the Venture Capital and Contract Research Organisation communities, and was involved with successful companies such as Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, Fibrotech and Hatchtech, where he acted as Company Secretary, CFO and R&D tax advisor.
FundFindrs helps businesses secure funding through grants, traineeships, and awards. Offering a 'no win, no fee' approach on key grants like the R&D Tax Incentive. Bruce has previous experience at Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) / AusIndustry within the R&DTI program, managing and accessing R&D Tax Incentive applications in line with legislative requirements. Specialising in these applications, Bruce has assisted R&DTI applicants assessing eligible R&D activities and related expenditure.
Bruce and the team at FundFindrs can help you in the areas of:
Bhavin is a seasoned CFO with over 20 years of experience in the biotech and startup sectors across the USA and Australia. Known for driving strategic decision-making and facilitating business transformation, Bhavin has played a pivotal role in senior leadership teams, including the noteworthy acquisition of Calimmune Inc. by CSL for a milestone based consideration of USD 416 m. Bhavin excels in guiding startups through critical phases of development and empowering startups to achieve immediate financial targets and establish a framework for long-term success.
What Bhavin can help you with:
Neil has over 14 years of global experience in strategy consulting across the health and life sciences ecosystem. He has worked with a diverse range of organisations, including major pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, medical device companies, life science start-ups, academic consortia, government health departments, hospitals, and primary health networks.
Through Health Advance Connect, Neil supports early-stage companies with business and operational strategies, strategic execution, and navigating the complexities of the health and life sciences landscape.
Neil can help you with:
Adam Wardell, CEO, Principal Consultant
Previsior
With over 25 years of experience in health, Adam is the CEO at Previsior, a boutique life sciences consultancy specialising in strategy, innovation, and commercialisation for health technologies. Spanning pharmaceuticals, biotech and digital health products, Adam has a proven track record of bringing innovation to the market, guiding and mentoring startups and established companies through the complexities of launch and scale-up. Passionate about putting Australian innovation on the global stage, Adam and his team can provide comprehensive guidance tailored to your startup’s specific needs, specifically:
Sarah has over 25 years’ experience developing and delivering products and services across financial, health and education for both large and small companies. She specialises in supporting startups and scaleups to create effective communications and impactful pitches as well as designing and implementing practical operational governance programs.
Sarah can help you with:
Design & user research experts at Personix can help you make more effective product decisions in successfully getting your product to your customers quickly. Aaron here can help start-ups like you by helping you:
Vanita brings a broad range of experience from over 20 years in the innovation, strategy development and product development space in the Food and Health, as well as safety, compliance and auditing for early-stage business. She also runs a coaching business for professionals in healthcare and business to help them develop and implement their own Health and Wellbeing strategies.
She can help you with:
Tara is the managing director of Innov8Search with an extensive career history in healthcare, life sciences and executive search and has an unparalleled network across the ANZ region. Innov8Search is ANZ's leading technical and executive search partner, supporting search and recruitment services in the medical device, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life sciences space across ANZ.
Tara can help with connecting you with specialist C-Suite advisors and consultants in your space, including:
With over two decades of experience in the medical device industry, Gordon has held key roles in Applied Research, Product Development, Technical Due Diligence, Product Marketing, Program Management, and Medical Affairs. His most recent venture as a co-founder of an in-house medical device startup has successfully scaled up across five countries with hundreds of units sold into the United States, securing reimbursement from both the Federal Government and major private insurers.
Gordon is passionate about innovation and the collaboration between Product Development, Marketing and Evidence Generation. His extensive international experience has equipped him with a distinctive perspective on teams, culture and communication.
Gordon can help provide advice for your medical device journey on:
With over three decades of experience in the medical device sector, Kea possess a wealth of expertise, having worked as both a medical device manufacturer and regulatory consultant and QMS specialist for medical devices and IVDs. Kea can offer medical device regulatory solutions for manufacturers, sponsors, legal representatives, and distributors around the world.
She can help you with your medical device projects by providing:
MedSec Testing specialises in cybersecurity testing for Medical Devices. Denis has over 20 years of experience in delivering Cybersecurity, Software Development and Testing services across industries such as MedTech, Government and Finance. He leads a team of cybersecurity experts, software engineers, and testers dedicated to developing secure code and ensuring the quality and security of their solutions.
Denis can provide consultation for early developers on topics including, but not limited to:
MNicolette is a seasoned Quality and Regulatory expert with a proven track record of guiding both multinational corporations and startups in the development of medical devices and pharmaceutical products. She has successfully implemented ISO 13485 and 21 CFR 820-compliant Quality Management Systems, identified optimal manufacturing solutions, and facilitated product registrations with regulatory bodies such as the TGA (Australia), FDA (United States), and European Notified Bodies for CE marking.
Nicolette can help you with:
With extensive experience across Germany and Australia, Lukas has managed international registrations and developed regulatory strategies across major markets, ensuring compliance and market access for every variety of medical devices, including Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), providing coverage across all related areas including technical documentation, and Quality Management Systems (QMS).
The Johner Institute New Zealand consists of a global team of experts, with representatives worldwide - including Australia and New Zealand, supporting both established companies and innovative startups, helping them bring their medical devices to market in a timely manner and in compliance with laws, regulations and guidelines. They can help you with:
Hayley has over 18 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries with key roles and Management experience across a range of Departments including Production, Quality, Regulatory.
SeerPharma is a team of consultants that provide best-practice advice, training, software solutions and more to pharmaceutical and medical device companies in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, assisting companies who are designing and developing new biotechnologies, medical devices and software as a medical device, to help companies take their ideas for new products to market.
They can help with:
William is a patent professional specialising in engineering and materials sciences. His expertise covers drafting, prosecuting, and opposing patent applications, with a focus on mechanical, chemical, and process engineering. His engineering background includes extensive research on industrial biochemical processes, wastewater treatment, and fluid modelling during an exchange program at Ecole National Superieur d’Ingenieur Genie Chimique in Toulouse.
Availability:
13 June 2024, 10:00 - 12:30pm
Location: Online or In-Person.
Innovation Quarter Building Level 3,
160 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW 2145
Gavin provides strategic advice to clients in relation to their patent portfolios, including advising on aligning IP and commercial strategies, and maximising the commercial value of IP. He drafts and prosecutes patent applications in biotechnology and pharmaceutical related fields, advises on patent validity and infringement, provides freedom to operate advice and conducts patent oppositions.
Availability:
25 June 2024, 10:00 - 12:00pm
Location: Online or In-Person.
Innovation Quarter Building Level 3,
160 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW 2145
As a qualified patent attorney, Rachel has over 20 years of experience advising her clients in all matters related to intellectual property. She is highly acclaimed in the IP world and was listed in the MIP Top 250 Women in IP Worldwide 2021 amongst many other honors and accolades.
With industry expertise across Orthopaedics, Drug delivery systems, Diagnostic devices and systems, Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and Cardiovascular devices, Rachel can provide you with:
- Advice on IP approaches to support the success of your commercial goals
- High level strategic advice on drafting and prosecuting multi-jurisdictional patent families
- Insights as an Angel Investor on growing your innovation from an idea to a viable business
Located inside Westmead Health and Innovation District, The Cicada HealthTech Hub will be a home to early stage health companies, a space for collaboration and commercialisation activation, and a landing pad for industry seeking solutions to their research and business challenges. Helping to contribute to the vision of making Westmead a world-class innovation district in health and education.